DE518
Mehlinger Heide


IBA Justification

The site was identified as internationally important for bird conservation in 2002 because it was regularly supporting significant populations of the species listed below, meeting IBA criteria.

Populations meeting IBA criteria ('key species') at the site:
Species Red List Season (year/s of estimate) Size IBA criteria
Woodlark Lullula arborea LC breeding (2001) 8 breeding pairs C6


Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2025) Important Bird Area factsheet: Mehlinger Heide (Germany). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/mehlinger-heide-iba-germany on 14/01/2025.